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As the IoT buzz spreads like wildfire - you can now get a university degree in the domain!

engadget recently reported that China is global leader within the IoT space - that justification is only made more solid with the increased demand for Bachelor of Science university courses focusing on IoT with the majority of programs involving time studying and being located in partnering Chinese universities.

A quick google search reveales a number of universities offering an IoT curriculum:

• Queen Mary - University of London
• Jiangsu University
• Staffordshire University
• Beijing-Dublin International College
• .. (I am sure there are more)

In the discussion threads over on IoT World there is some positive and negative debate on the topic. Is IoT a engineering field in itself or simply a application of engineering knowledge with a technical area with more focus on embedded solutions? Or would it be more practical in nature under a TAFE (Technical and Further Education) program which requires foundations within computer science to start with?

It is important not to forget that the people who set the foundations for the IoT domain are classic Computing Science and Electrical Engineering specialists - who have simply had a passion for embedded and connected technical solutions. To understand the complete IoT stack; it is important to have a broad understanding of Computing Science concepts.

I think there is a massive generation gap in the computer science realm - developers these days simply don't have to care about the speed of the processor, the amount of memory available and having to know how to program in assembler and/or C/C++ for higher level concepts. IoT is shaking up the industry by bringing back a numbers of these concepts - which is one of the reasons why I personally got involved in the space.

Start with a Computer Science degree, then have hands-on experience in the IoT domain.